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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC085IF2
File Type  Events
Title  MEPS HC-085I Appendix to MEPS 2004 Event Files
Description  This public use release is one in a series of public use event files drawn from the 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household (HC) and Medical Provider Components (MPC). This release contains 2 data files each of which is provided as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements and as a SAS transport file. File 1 is used for linking the MEPS 2004 condition file (HC-087) with the MEPS 2004 event files (HC-085A through HC-085H) File 2 is used for linking the MEPS 2004 prescribed medicines event file (HC-085A) with other 2004 event files. This release also includes two tables provided as PDF files Table 1, the MEPS 2004 Condition-Event Frequency table contains unweighted and weighted counts of records on the MEPS 2004 event files for each of the condition, procedure and clinical classification codes on the MEPS 2004 condition file Table 2, the MEPS 2004 Utilization and Expenditures Summary table contains statistics for all of the utilization and expenditure variables contained on the MEPS
Data Year(s)  2004
Records  62663
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-085I


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Name Position Label Category
DUPERSID 1 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EVENTYPE 5 TYPE OF EVENT RX IS LINKED TO Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 3 EVENT ID Identifiers
LINKIDX 4 ID FOR LINKAGE TO COND/OTH EVENT FILES Identifiers
RXLKIDX 2 RECORD ID: EVNTIDX + LINKIDX Identifiers

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